For the record

A Comment piece headlined "Obama is the most reactionary president since Nixon" said: "In his Cairo speech to Muslim countries [Obama]... did not mention the oppression of women." In fact, he dedicated several paragraphs of his speech to women's rights, condemning those who would deny women equality through education and offering US aid to support expanded literacy for girls in any Muslim-majority country.

In "Labour tries to block Ashcroft Tory cash" (News), we said: "Overseas residents can make donations to political parties if they are made through British-registered companies that conduct most of their business in Britain." We should clarify that individual overseas residents can donate to a UK political party as long they are on the UK electoral register at the time. If they ask someone to manage the process for them, the party must still be given the name of the true donor and these details provided to the Electoral Commission, which are then made public. For a company to make donations, it must carry on business in the UK, be registered under the Companies Act 2006 and incorporated in the EU.

"Who are you calling a diva?" (Observer Woman) reported that Mariah Carey has "sold more than 160m albums worldwide and has had 18 number ones in America, surpassing the Beatles and Elvis Presley". We meant the most number ones of any solo artist in America; the Beatles had 20.